EVALUATION OF GLASS LAMP MISSION G-027

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A001000040039-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: June 18, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF GLASS LAMP MISS.ION G-027
1. 'QUALITY SUMMARY: MISSION G-027 FLOWN ON 12 JUNE 1968 PRO
POORER IMAGE QUALITY THAN PREVIOUS MISSIONS EMPLOYING UNIT B-24
THE IMAGES APPEAR DISTURBED POSSIBLE DUE TO VEHICLE VIBRATION.
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CONDITION SEEMS TO LESSEN TOWARD THE END OF THE MISSION
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RESOLUTION AND INTERPRETATION SUITABILITY ARE POOR DUE TO THE I - ~ --a- -
DISTURBANCE. CLOUD COVER AND HAZE OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY .30 PER i.-,. i T474-!-";
2. MISSION DATA:
A. THE STANDARD "B" CONFIGURATION CAMERA, UNIT NUMBER 24
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USED IN MISSION G-O2 CLOWN ONV 12 JUiNE 1
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THIS WAS AN OPERATIONAL MISSION USING
THE U-2 AIRCRAFT. ~ti~r~TcL CY
B. FILM TYPE 3400 AND A WRATTEN 12 FILTER WERE USED THROUGH- SANITIZED
OUT THE MISSION. PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY NAV RECO" TECH WITH TEXT-
SUPPCEN.
3. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. EXPOSURE: THE EXPOSURE ON THE FIRST PART OF THE MISSION
WAS ADE?UATE; HOWEVER, AS THE SOLAR ELEVATION CHANGED, THE
MISSION BECAME SLIGHTLY OVEREXPOSED.
B. DENSITY AND CONTRAST: GENERALLY MEDIUM, HOWEVER, THE
LATTER PART OF THE MISSION APPEARS HEAVY.
C. IMAGED DEGRADATIONS:
BOTH SIDES: OUTBOARD EDGE STATIC AND INBOARD ROLLER
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CHATTER ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
POSTFLIGHT OVERLAPS THE LAST FRAME BY 0.5 INCH. (MULTIPLE
EXPOSURE WITH NO FILM MOVEMENT).
D. PHYSICAL DEGRADATIONS:
DISTRIBUTION
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(1) 9R SIDE: FRAMES 245-,300 CONTAIN EMULSION SCRATCHES
WITHIN 2.5 INCHES OF THE INBOARD EDGE. HEAT SPLICES ARE
PRESENT BETWEEN FRAMES 245/246,, 371/372, 678/679, 1003/ 1004,
1365/1366, '1733/1734, AND 2124/2125.' FRAME 1077 CONTAINS
A HEAT SPLICE WITH NUMEROUS EMULSION LIFTS IN FRAMES 1076
(2) 9L SIDE: HEAT SPLICES ARE PRESENT BETWEEN,
FRAMES 366/367, 705/706, 1199/1200, 1369/1370, 1543/1844
AND 1952/1953. FRAME 1111 CONTAIN A HEAT SPLICE WITH
NUMEROUS EMULSION LIFTS. A MANUFACTURING. SPLICE IS PRESENT
IN FRAME 1689. NUMEROUS EMULSION LIFTS ARE.PRESENT
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
E. AUXILIARY DATA: THE EVENTS COUNTER READS 9996
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. ALL OTHER DATA RECORDING EQUIPMENT FUNC-
TIONED PROPERLY.
F. OTHER: THE LAST TITLED FRAME OF BOTH SIDES IS 2331.
4. POSITIVES:
THE PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
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